Autumn Rhythms
Original lyrics, music, and arrangements
by the Emerson Jazz Fellows
The Ensemble:
John Harbison, instructor
Kevin Costello, ‘21, trombone, piano, percussion
Peter Godart, G, piano, percussion, Nord
Talia Khan, ‘20, vocals
Tony Terrasa, ‘21, alto saxophone, percussion
Erik Strand, G...
MIT Symphony Orchestra
Ambient Classical
Evan Ziporyn, Director
Featuring the 2019 Concerto Competition Co-Winner Madeleine Jansson.
PROGRAM:
Erik Satie/arr. Ziporyn: Gymnopedies XYZ
Richard Wagner: Preludes from Das Rheingold and Lohengrin
Felix Mendelssohn: Capriccio Brillant...
October 16-19, 2019, Ziporyn was a featured composer at the New Music Festival: 12 works performed over 3 days and 8 concerts, including world premiere of commissioned concerto for drum set and wind ensemble "Impulse Control," music for gamelan, orchestra, chamber ensembles, and soloists.
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Filmmaker and Journalist June Cross and MIT Professor and award winning Director Charlotte Brathwaite discuss voter suppression in America and their work in examining our future in the struggle for democracy and justice. Black America is hosted by Carol Jenkins, Emmy award winning New York City...
Rainforest 404
December 10, 2019
Killian Hall
2pm Guided tour / interactive installation
2:30pm FaMLE performance with special guests
David Tudor’s Rainforest IV is a playful exploration of the sounds of the objects which populate our world. FaMLE’s interpretation of this piece embeds the...
MIT Wind Ensemble
5th Annual Prism Concert Spectacular
Friday, December 6, 2019 @ 8PM
Frederick Harris, Jr., Music Director
Kenneth Amis, Assistant Conductor
A unique amalgam of music and special lighting featuring works for full wind ensemble & brass, percussion, and woodwind chamber...
RAMBAX MIT
Senegalese Drum Ensemble
Saturday, December 7, 2019 @ 8PM
Directed by Lamine Touré
Rambax MIT is an ensemble dedicated to learning the art of sabar, a vibrant drum and dance tradition of the Wolof people of Senegal, West Africa.
The Wuzhen Theater Festival featured works by Peter Brook, Eugenio Barba, and other European directors, as well as productions from throughout China. Conceison was featured on a panel "Contemporary Chinese Theater Aesthetics" and translated the English subtitles for Meng Jinghui's production of "...
A Staged Reading of Original Play Translations
From China, Japan, India, Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico & Quebec
Translators:
Shardul Chiplunkar, Rian Flynn, Montserrat Garza, Alexander Lam, Ivan Mosqueda, Anjali Nambrath, Anthony Roman, Erina Yamaguchi
Final...
Emily Richmond Pollock has been awarded the 2019 Kurt Weill Prize for her article, "Opera by the Book: Defining Music Theater in the Third Reich," published in The Journal of Musicology in 2018. The prize is given every two years and recognizes an outstanding article on opera since 1900 or musical...
